Linda Shapiro, PhD
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
Joint Professor, Electrical Engineering
Interests:
Funded research in a) object and pattern recognition b) medical imaging c) multimedia information retrieval for medical applications d) biomedical informatics information systems e) craniofacial image analysis
Background:
42 yrs computer science. Funded research: a) object and pattern recognition; b) cancer biopsy analysis; c) multimedia information retrieval for medical applications; d) biomedical informatics information systems; e) craniofacial image analysis
Currently accepting new MS students and new PhD students only if they have their own funding.
Representative publications:
- J. Wu, C. Helke, C. Birgfeld K. Evans, M. Maga, C. Morrison, B. Saltzman, L. Shapiro, R. Tse. “Measuring Symmetry in Children with Unrepaired Cleft Lip: Defining a Standard for the Three-Dimensional Mid-facial Reference Plane”, The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2016.
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E. Mercan, S. Aksoy, L. G. Shapiro, D. L. Weaver, T.T. Brunye, J. G. Elmore, “Localization of Diagnostically Relevant Regions of Interest in Whole Slide Images: A Comparative Study”, J. Digit Imaging, March, 2016.
- E. Mercan, I. Atmosukarto, J. Wu, S. Liang, L.G. Shapiro, “Craniofacial Image Analysis”, in Comprehensive Health Monitoring and Personalized Feedback using Multimedia Data, A. Briassourli and J. Benois-Pineau (Ed.), Springer International, 2015.
- E. Mercan, L. G. Shapiro, S. M. Weinberg, and S.-I. Lee, “The Use of Pseudo-Landmarks for Craniofacial Analysis: A Comparative Study with L1-Regularized Logistic Regression,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Conference, July, 2013.
- S. Liang, J. Wu, S. M. Weingberg, L. G. Shapiro, “Improved Detection of Landmarks on 3D Human Face Data,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Conference, July, 2013.
- S. M. Rolfe, E. D. Camci, E. Mercan, L. G. Shapiro, and T. C. Cox, “A New Tool for Quantifying and Characterizing Asymmetry in Bilaterally Paired Structures,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Conference, July, 2013.
- I Atmosukarto and L. G. Shapiro, “3D Object Retrieval Using Salient Views,” International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval , online July, 2012, in hardcopy Vol. 2, No. 2, 2013, pp. 103-115, PMCID: PMC3702181.
- S. Yang, L. Shapiro, M. Cunningham, M. Speltz, C. Birgfeld, I. Atmosukarto, S.-I. Lee, “Skull Retrieval for Craniosynostosis Using Sparse Logistic Regression Models,” Proceedings of the MICCAI Workshop on Medical Content Based Retrieval for Clinical Decision Support, Springer, 2012. Winner of theBest Paper Award.